I don't wanna say Anne was the root of all of their problems, but it will be interesting, I can assure you that.
An Imperial Match: Anne Boleyn marries Charles V
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I know, but damn will Catherine have a better time at it here. Henry probably won’t split with the church.
I think Henry stopped trying prior to then. But maybe something could cause him to try one more time and be lucky.
I don't see why Henry would stop trying while Catherine is still fertile. He needs that son.
I know but I think around the early 1520s he just gave up on Catherine, he just thought a son with her wasn’t going to happen.
Yeah, after 1524 they weren't even sleeping together anymore and Catherine was only 38, which makes me think that she'd hit menopause.
Spain is not gonna take their king jilting the portuguese princess for a english nobody very well...
Oh, I thought it was earlier in the 1520s. Anyways as @pandizzy said we are still in 1522, so there is a window for her to get pregnant with a son.
It would be hilarious if Charles was only Duke of Burgundy after all of this, with a Portuguese King/Infante invited to rule Spain...
Maybe that Spanish revolt fights in the name of Ferdinand of Austria and something happens to Austria?
Possibly, though I missprhased it, that his decendants would only be Dukes of Burgundy, as he could still be Emperor but it won't be passed to his morganitic sons (Ferdinand inherits the empire) while John III of Portugal takes Spain..
I think you ought to be more worried about what Henry VIII will do rather than how the Spaniards will react
Oh I see, that makes sense, but what happens to Austria? Does Charles keep that?
I suppose, but Ferdinand doesn't really wield much influence yet, the Pope might be cool with it. Really I wonder how Henry VIII reacts to Charles marrying Anne instead of Mary.
Probably, can't wait to see how Anne and Charles's marriage comes to be and how Europe reacts!
Would they go to war over a marriage though?
I think it's worth mentioning we are closer to Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, whose children were eligible to inherit, than we are to Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, whose children were not.